habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
cost of one's food; one's board
labor; labour; manpower; working force
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
concatenation; coupling; connection; linking; consolidation (e.g. of company accounts)
to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love
without; but if; otherwise; or else
professional female mourner; keener
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
Prussian blue; deep blue; dark blue; ultramarine
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
to mourn for; to grieve for; to condole with (the bereaved family, etc.); to hold a memorial service for; to hold a funeral service for
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
everything; anything; nothing
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
giving something a try because one has nothing to lose
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
short and stout; small but wide around
recognition; acquaintance
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift